COVID-19 patients, officials are considering everything from postponing complex surgeries to transitioning other hospital rooms to care for critically ill patients, if the need arises.As of Friday, the province’s ICU beds were 73 per cent full with COVID-19 patients, a number that’s sharply risen in the last two weeks.
Coronavirus: Alberta doctor warns ICU could be at capacity within 2 weeks Alberta Health Services said Friday it has a “robust and detailed plan to provide the additional and necessary capacity needed for a surge of additional inpatients.”“Ensuring capacity is available for COVID-19 patients could involve limiting hospital admissions and ICU admissions by postponing scheduled surgery,” AHS said in an email.“Postponing.